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Trust in the medical field has been declining for decades, and the most tangible and immediate damage of that change may be public health and safety.
A. may be
B. has been
C. had been to
D. may be to
E. will be
A. may be
B. has been
C. had been to
D. may be to
E. will be
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Trust in the medical field has been declining for decades, and the most tangible and immediate damage of that change may be public health and safety.
A. may be Incorrect
B. has been Incorrect
C. had been to Incorrect
D. may be to Correct
E. will be Incorrect
C & E out because of verb tense issue
.............damage............ to................. - is correct idioms, so A & B eliminated
Answer D
A. may be Incorrect
B. has been Incorrect
C. had been to Incorrect
D. may be to Correct
E. will be Incorrect
C & E out because of verb tense issue
.............damage............ to................. - is correct idioms, so A & B eliminated
Answer D
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Stripping a given sentence to its bare bones helps in making POE easier.
Applying this to the sentence at hand, we would get-
To say, "the damage will be public health and safety" makes no sense. So, "to" is required. On the basis of that, only (C) and (D) remain.
Between (C) and (D), (C) can be eliminated as this choice uses "past perfect tense" to depict a prospect in present/future. Past perfect is used to depict two events in past (one related to another). Hence, drop (C) and thus (D) comes out as the clear winner for (D) uses "may be to" that depicts a possibility of an event on the basis of the "declining trust".
Applying this to the sentence at hand, we would get-
Trust in X has been declining, and the damage will be/may be to Y.
You need "to" to accrue "damage" to an entity.To say, "the damage will be public health and safety" makes no sense. So, "to" is required. On the basis of that, only (C) and (D) remain.
Between (C) and (D), (C) can be eliminated as this choice uses "past perfect tense" to depict a prospect in present/future. Past perfect is used to depict two events in past (one related to another). Hence, drop (C) and thus (D) comes out as the clear winner for (D) uses "may be to" that depicts a possibility of an event on the basis of the "declining trust".
